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Jean-Luc Perron
Executive Officer
Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation
Private Sector & Development author
Jean-Luc Perron was one of the driving forces behind Fondation Grameen Crédit Agricole where he has been Executive Officer since 2008. After working as a financial advisor to the French Ministry of Agriculture, he joined Crédit Agricole in 1985. He is a graduate of École nationale d’administration (ENA) and of the Stanford Executive Program.
Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation
The Grameen Crédit Agricole Microfinance Foundation was set up in 2008 as an initiative of Crédit Agricole in partnership with Professor Muhammad Yunus, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006 and founder of the Grameen Bank in Bangladesh. The Foundation – which was given an endowment of €50 million by Crédit Agricole – provides loans, equity capital and technical support to 47 microfinance institutions and 13 social businesses in 27 developing countries, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.